SAP Transportation Management (TM) Event Management SME

Job Type: Full-Time / Permanent
Location: Scott AFB, IL
Work Arrangement: Hybrid — Local candidates preferred/strongly preferred

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced SAP Transportation Management (TM) Event Management SME to support the design, configuration, integration, testing, and adoption of transportation event management capabilities within SAP S/4HANA.

The role focuses on logistics visibility, milestone execution, exceptions, alerts, notifications, and operational status while working with government stakeholders, functional leads, technical teams, and integration partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional authority for SAP TM Event Management capabilities.
• Advise on event capture, milestone tracking, exception handling, alerts, notifications, and process visibility.
• Translate business and operational requirements into functional specifications and solution designs aligned with SAP S/4HANA, SAP TM, and enterprise integration architecture.
• Guide design and configuration across transportation milestones, freight order and freight unit status tracking, event profiles, expected events, actual event reporting, exception monitoring, alerting, and visibility dashboards.
• Ensure alignment across SAP modules and related systems including TM, EWM, MM, SD, GTS, master data, interfaces, reporting, and external carrier or logistics partner event feeds.
• Provide recommendations on process standardization, system utilization, data quality, governance, and organizational change impacts.
• Translate logistics visibility needs into requirements, user stories, business process flows, and functional design artifacts.
• Validate configured event management solutions against business requirements, operational scenarios, exception workflows, and reporting needs.
• Support deployment planning, data readiness, cutover activities, defect triage, user readiness, and transition to operations.
• Contribute to training materials, user guidance, SOPs, process documentation, and operational playbooks.
• Identify adoption risks related to event quality, interface readiness, user behavior, and process ownership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive SAP, logistics, supply chain, transportation management, or enterprise systems experience, with at least 5 years focused on SAP TM and/or transportation event management capabilities.
• Demonstrated expertise supporting SAP TM implementations, enhancements, sustainment, or modernization efforts in large enterprise, federal, or DoD environments.
• Hands-on experience with transportation event tracking, milestones, status management, exception handling, alerts, notifications, visibility processes, and operational reporting.
• Experience translating operational requirements into functional designs, configuration guidance, integration requirements, test scenarios, and user-facing process documentation.
• Advanced functional knowledge of SAP TM, including freight orders, freight units, transportation planning, execution, tracking, and integration touchpoints.
• Strong understanding of SAP event management concepts including expected events, actual events, event handlers, milestone monitoring, exception management, alerting, and visibility reporting.
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA logistics processes and integration with EWM, MM, SD, GTS, FI/CO, and master data governance.
• Ability to support government stakeholders, compliance reviews, design reviews, requirements traceability, and regulated implementation environments.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level briefing and stakeholder facilitation experience.

Nice to Have

• SAP Transportation Management certification.
• SAP S/4HANA certification or relevant SAP logistics certification.
• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Agile, SAFe, PMP, or equivalent delivery certification.
• Jira, Solution Manager, Signavio, or similar tools for requirements management, process modeling, testing, and delivery tracking.

Clearance & Work Requirements

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Common Access Card (CAC).
• Must meet DoD 8140 qualification requirements.
• Hybrid schedule with preference given to candidates local to Scott AFB, IL.
• 10% travel required — approximately once every 12 weeks for PI planning events for team members not local to Scott AFB.
• Must pass a background check covering education and experience.
• Available for phone, video, or in-person interviews as requested.